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Read more about the article Semen quality and intelligence

Semen quality and intelligence

  • Post author:Emil O. W. Kirkegaard
  • Post published:11. September 2026
  • Post category:intelligence / IQ / cognitive ability/Medicine

Back in the 2000s, there was some interest in semen quality and intelligence: Arden, R., Gottfredson, L. S., Miller, G., & Pierce, A. (2009). Intelligence and semen quality are positively…

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Read more about the article Explore psychological correlations at taketest.xyz

Explore psychological correlations at taketest.xyz

  • Post author:Emil O. W. Kirkegaard
  • Post published:11. September 2026
  • Post category:Differential psychology/psychometrics

Have just finished a neat update to the site. On the correlations page you can now see the matrix of cross-test sample sizes: You can click any of the green…

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Read more about the article Race differences in reaction time: data from NHANES 3

Race differences in reaction time: data from NHANES 3

  • Post author:Emil O. W. Kirkegaard
  • Post published:20. August 2026
  • Post category:intelligence / IQ / cognitive ability

Whenever race differences in cognitive ability broadly speaking are brought up, they encounter huge skeptical and emotional opposition. This is understandable, though not grounded in science. One common claim is…

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Read more about the article Migrant performance on PISA worldwide

Migrant performance on PISA worldwide

  • Post author:Emil O. W. Kirkegaard
  • Post published:21. June 2026
  • Post category:Immigration/intelligence / IQ / cognitive ability

There are some data memes floating around like this one: In German, it shows the performance of Turks on PISA math by year and destination country. It can be seen…

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Read more about the article Top universities and national intelligence

Top universities and national intelligence

  • Post author:Emil O. W. Kirkegaard
  • Post published:5. June 2026
  • Post category:Education/intelligence / IQ / cognitive ability

We all know that universities differ in quality. But what exactly do we mean by that? How do we determine which are the top universities? There are a number of…

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Read more about the article Skin color and intelligence in Latin America

Skin color and intelligence in Latin America

  • Post author:Emil O. W. Kirkegaard
  • Post published:11. May 2026
  • Post category:intelligence / IQ / cognitive ability/Sociology

Skin color (lightness or brightness) has been used as a proxy for genetic ancestry for over 100 years. It works alright in many cases. Take this study (Parra et al…

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Read more about the article Race, intelligence, and inequality in Brazil

Race, intelligence, and inequality in Brazil

  • Post author:Emil O. W. Kirkegaard
  • Post published:7. May 2026
  • Post category:intelligence / IQ / cognitive ability/Sociology

Many years ago I discovered that Brazil publishes the subject level data for many scale testing efforts. These also come with rich surveys concerning the children's homes. The main tests…

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Read more about the article Genetic evidence of Ashkenazi intelligence

Genetic evidence of Ashkenazi intelligence

  • Post author:Emil O. W. Kirkegaard
  • Post published:29. April 2026
  • Post category:Genomics/intelligence / IQ / cognitive ability

There are long standing questions about the source of Jewish achievement. Most of this achievement relates to the Ashkenazi subgroup, less so the other Jews. This tells us that the…

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Read more about the article Explaining economic growth since 2000

Explaining economic growth since 2000

  • Post author:Emil O. W. Kirkegaard
  • Post published:28. April 2026
  • Post category:Economics/intelligence / IQ / cognitive ability

Some days ago I posted some cumulative growth charts for OECD countries, like this one: These results are somewhat affected by the usual GDP issues relating to tax haven (Ireland…

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Read more about the article Leftism, mental health, and visual presentation confirmed

Leftism, mental health, and visual presentation confirmed

  • Post author:Emil O. W. Kirkegaard
  • Post published:20. April 2026
  • Post category:Differential psychology/psychometrics

So we did another study of leftism, mental health and visual presentation: Hu, M.,& Kirkegaard, E. O. W.(2026). Left-wing ideology, mental health and body modifications. Journal of Open Inquiry in…

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